Oh wow, part of the reason the F-1 rocket engines that ended up in the SaturnV to take us to the moon, were originally engineered to be insanely powerful, was because they didn't know if nuclear weapons could be shrunk enough to easily fit on ICBMs. (23min in)
https://youtu.be/cUkbdqw9pBk
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@SwiftOnSecurity I enjoyed that one, and now have a much better understanding of how the launch escape system was meant to work too
